New York, New York!

Is from common knowledge that some cities in North America do not seem as Americans in what concerns to habits and population type. This fact occurs especially to San Francisco and New York.

In the article I found in "The Guardian" newspaper from last week, it was exactly this issue media had been talking about.

New York is known as a liberal and different city, but New Yorkers are starting to believe the front running presidential candidates show that the US is no longer polarised between heartland and coast.
As the article claims, New Yorkers like to think of their home town less as a city than as a nation unto itself. They refer to the country in which they reside as little more than a geographical accident of little relevance. "I don't live in America," they'll tell you. "I live in New York."

New York is an impressive and distinctive global city. For us Europeans it has more in common with London, Paris or Rome.

But why is this important?Politically, the last seven years have made New Yorkers feel particularly estranged from their fellow Americans.

Now presidentials are "coming into town", Clinton is one of the presidential candidates, and New yorkers wonder whether they have a senator or not.

In what comes to other candidates for US presidentials, things are tougher for Giuliani. Thrice married with two estranged children, he has a much harder job selling himself to a base dominated by Christian conservatives. But Giuliani's candidacy is entwine with 9/11. His performance in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks is what earned him the title "America's mayor", Time's Person of the Year and 78% approval ratings even a year later.

The candidates are now coast-to-coast to win votes and appreciation. Every city from North America is trying to decide, or maybe will just go with the flow, but New York has a tough decision. Yet, the city is more in tune with the rest of the country than it's ever been! Which one will they prefer?